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The six-foot-eight-inch Comey, who was wearing a blue suit that day, told Wittes that he tried to blend into the blue curtains in the back of the room so that Trump would not call on him. One of the attendees, speaking on condition of anonymity, described Rosenstein as anxious and nervous and said he drank multiple glasses of water "and spilled one".

Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to take over the Russian Federation investigation after Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey, who had been conducting the probe. Despite initially opposing appointment of an independent counsel, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that the development "helps assure people and the Justice Department that they're going to go do their jobs independently and thoroughly, which is what we've called for all along".

LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp has money to spend in this summer's transfer market and believes Champions League football will be the " icing on the cake " for prospective targets. Everton , on the other hand, are confirmed to finish seventh in the league this season. Manchester United vs Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. We spoke to The Anfield Wrap ahead of the game.

The ex-FBI chief has not spoken publicly since his surprise firing last week. The Post said the source of its information would not further identify the official, who was described as being a person close to Trump. That flies in the face of the White House's public insistence that Comey's dismissal was not linked to his ongoing investigation. And The New York Times reported that the president had told Russian officials he felt the dismissal of his Federal Bureau of Investigation director ...

Comey may once have tried to hide behind curtains to avoid Donald J. Trump, but the former FBI director's investigation could mean curtains for the Trump presidency. Though the Mueller appointment has obviously raised the legal and political stakes for Trump, it is widely thought that Trump is unlikely to be impeached over the current political turmoil.

Mrs May denied suggestions that policies such as an energy price cap, a commitment to spend 0.7pc of GDP on global aid and new rights for workers represented a move away from the Conservatism of Mrs Thatcher. As the Lib Dems, whose campaign centres on a call for a second referendum, struggle to make progress in the polls , and Labour lags behind the Conservatives, the Tories are stressing the potentially disastrous consequences of failure in the Brexit talks.